Attributes the file or directory should have. To get supported flags look at the man page for chattr on the target system. This string should contain the attributes in the same order as the one displayed by lsattr.

aliases: attr

backup

bool

Choices:

no ←

yes

Create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly.

create

bool

(added in 2.2)

Choices:

no

yes ←

If set to 'no', the module will fail if the file does not already exist. By default it will create the file if it is missing.

group

Name of the group that should own the file/directory, as would be fed to chown.

mode

Mode the file or directory should be. For those used to /usr/bin/chmod remember that modes are actually octal numbers. You must either specify the leading zero so that Ansible's YAML parser knows it is an octal number (like 0644 or 01777) or quote it (like '644' or '0644' so Ansible receives a string and can do its own conversion from string into number. Giving Ansible a number without following one of these rules will end up with a decimal number which will have unexpected results. As of version 1.8, the mode may be specified as a symbolic mode (for example, u+rwx or u=rw,g=r,o=r).

no_extra_spaces

bool

(added in 2.1)

Choices:

no ←

yes

Do not insert spaces before and after '=' symbol

option

If set (required for changing a value), this is the name of the option.

May be omitted if adding/removing a whole section.

others

All arguments accepted by the file module also work here

owner

Name of the user that should own the file/directory, as would be fed to chown.

path

required

Path to the INI-style file; this file is created if required.

Before 2.3 this option was only usable as dest.

aliases: dest

section

required

Section name in INI file. This is added if state=present automatically when a single value is being set.

If left empty or set to `null`, the option will be placed before the first section. Using `null` is also required if the config format does not support sections.

selevel

Default:

s0

Level part of the SELinux file context. This is the MLS/MCS attribute, sometimes known as the range. _default feature works as for seuser.

serole

Role part of SELinux file context, _default feature works as for seuser.

setype

Type part of SELinux file context, _default feature works as for seuser.

seuser

User part of SELinux file context. Will default to system policy, if applicable. If set to _default, it will use the user portion of the policy if available.

state

Choices:

absent

present ←

If set to absent the option or section will be removed if present instead of created.

unsafe_writes

bool

(added in 2.2)

Choices:

no ←

yes

Normally this module uses atomic operations to prevent data corruption or inconsistent reads from the target files, sometimes systems are configured or just broken in ways that prevent this. One example are docker mounted files, they cannot be updated atomically and can only be done in an unsafe manner.

This boolean option allows ansible to fall back to unsafe methods of updating files for those cases in which you do not have any other choice. Be aware that this is subject to race conditions and can lead to data corruption.

value

The string value to be associated with an option. May be omitted when removing an option.

# Before 2.3, option 'dest' was used instead of 'path'-name:Ensure "fav=lemonade is in section "[drinks]" in specified fileini_file:path:/etc/confsection:drinksoption:favvalue:lemonademode:0600backup:yes-ini_file:path:/etc/anotherconfsection:drinksoption:temperaturevalue:coldbackup:yes